Job Description

We’re looking for a dedicated and forward-thinking Occupational Health Nurse to champion the health, safety, and well-being of our employees. In this role, you’ll take the lead in shaping and advancing occupational health programs—from vaccinations and communicable disease prevention to drug testing and FMLA/ADA administration. You’ll play a key role in guiding care for workplace injuries, strengthening infection control practices, and promoting medication safety. Beyond compliance, this position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference by fostering a culture rooted in trauma-informed care, compassion satisfaction, and employee support. If you’re passionate about creating safer, healthier workplaces and influencing positive organizational change, we’d love to connect with you.

Schedule

• Monday – Friday, general business hours
• On-site at Johnston location

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Occupational Health & Compliance Oversight: Lead organizational occupational health programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices. Partner with leaders, safety teams, HR, and committees to assess effectiveness, recommend improvements, and support staff and visitor safety initiatives.
• Clinical Programs Management: Oversee staff vaccination, communicable disease, and drug/alcohol testing programs, including policy guidance, clinic coordination, vendor management, recordkeeping, reporting, and outbreak mitigation in collaboration with Infection Prevention and Care Quality teams.
• Leave Administration & Case Management: Administer organization‑wide FMLA and ADA programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, effective processes, leader education, and end‑to‑end case management to closure.
• Safety and Wellness: Conduct assessments and support case management for staff workplace injuries, analyze injury trends, and ensure compliance with drug safety requirements, including oversight of drug testing protocols, diversion prevention, and related policies. Maintain infection prevention and OSHA‑required programs such as bloodborne pathogen and respiratory protection. Support staff wellness initiatives through committee participation, biometric screenings, and clinical consultation.
• Training: Serve as a compassion satisfaction and trauma-informed care expert; provide training and assistance with program development as requested. Train staffon topics such as: staff clinical safety (ex. handwashing), clinical safety (ex. heart saver, CPR, first aid, etc.).

What You’ll Need

• BA/BS in Nursing
• Current valid license as a RN
• Five years nursing experience, occupational health nursing preferred
• Ability to travel independently within the state for business events
• Computer skills including Microsoft Office, and ability to proficiently learn new software programs
• Ability to develop, interpret, and follow applicable policies, procedures, and regulations
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs, be mobile within the clinic areas, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand
• Ability to communicate effectively in (or through) reading, writing and speaking the English language

Not sure if you hit 100% of the position expectations? Let's talk! Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team by emailingcareers@childserve.org

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 403(b) retirement plan with company match
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Make a Difference Every Day at ChildServe

• Child Serve partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life.
• Child Serve is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa’s only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs.
• Child Serve’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services. With a coordinated approach to care delivery, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can address their child’s needs in one location.
• Established in 1928, Child Serve proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year.

Child Serve is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email careers@childserve.org Child Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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